The A’s closer tried to blow a first-pitch heater by Adrian Beltre with two outs in the ninth inning, only to watch Beltre re-direct it for a two-run walk-off homer that sank Oakland 7-6 at Globe Life Park.
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While Darvish felt good, he said he said he let “it all out” against Davis to end his night.
ORIOLES 3, ROCKIES 2: Adam Jones scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a low throw to the plate by pitcher Jordan Lyles, and Baltimore beat Colorado for its fifth straight win. CF Ian Desmond was 0 for 4 and his hitting.191 (9 for 47) since the All-Star break. “Maybe I was being a little bullheaded, trying to beat him instead of putting it in a good place”.
Pineda (5-9) pitched seven strong innings to beat Yankees nemesis Dallas Keuchel (6-10), last year’s AL Cy Young Award victor.
Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor, left, misses the pick-off throw, allowing Oakland Athletics’ Josh Reddick (22) to steal second base during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
“I was going first-pitch fastball”, closer Ryan Madson said.
Beltre, who finished with four hits, had two singles in his first three at-bats before hitting a solo homer in the seventh.
“What superlatives do you want me to put on it?”
“The ball was up and center-cut”, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “You can use them all”.
Texas turned three double plays behind starter Martin Perez, who has induced a major league-best 25 in 21 games. The 24-year-old native of IN has kept the opposition off the scoreboard IN three of his five outings since returning from the disabled list and has yielded a total of two runs over 20 frames IN his last three turns. “I can’t explain just the one inning”.
“The worst part is not about me, it’s about the team”, he said. Khris Davis and Billy Butler had two-out RBI doubles, and Josh Reddick had a two-out, run-scoring single.
Nomar Mazara singled with one out in the ninth. Desmond hit his 19th homer in the first.
Ryan Dull (5-2) threw 1 1-3 flawless innings in relief of Sean Manaea, who struck out nine without a walk in 6 2-3 innings.
Davis had his 10th career multihomer game, and fourth this season – he hit three homers at home against the Rangers on May 17.
Darvish limited Oakland to two runs and four hits, with six strikeouts and no walks while throwing a season-high 93 pitches (64 strikes).
“He’s solid. You go out there, you know you’re going to be in a battle”, Crisp said.
Athletics: Lefty Sean Manaea (3-5, 4.61 ERA) has allowed only two runs in 20 innings his last three starts – and the A’s have scored only once while he was pitching in that span.
Dickeerson’s drive into the fifth deck extended San Diego’s team-record streak of games with at least one home run to 23.
Betances struck out the side in the eighth before Miller, back in the ninth-inning role following Chapman’s departure, earned his eighth save. “The thing that we have to pay attention to is how we play our baseball game, the way we go out, how we prepare and the energy that we use on the baseball field to play the game correctly”.
NOTES: Texas DH Prince Fielder is likely headed to season-ending surgery, according to general manager Jon Daniels. Halfway through the minimum stay on the 60-day disabled list, RHP Colby Lewis (strained right lat muscle) threw from 75 feet. If not, Sonny Gray will start the series finale at Cleveland.
Rangers: RHP Nick Martinez (1-2, 6.45), scratched from Monday’s scheduled start at Triple-A Round Rock, will be recalled to start Tuesday’s game. AP material published by LongIsland.com, is done so with explicit permission.
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